Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 13: Kaikeyī Rejects Daśaratha’s Sorrowful Plea
Text 2.13.17
तथैवोष्णं विनिश्वस्य वृद्धो दशरथो नृपः।
विललापार्तवद्दुःखं गगनासक्तलोचनः॥
tathaivoṣṇaṁ viniśvasya vṛddho daśaratho nṛpaḥ
vilalāpārtavad duḥkhaṁ gaganāsakta-locanaḥ
tatha eva = thus; uṣṇam = warmly; viniśvasya = sighing; vṛddhaḥ = the old; daśarathaḥ = Daśaratha; nṛpaḥ = King; vilalāpa = lamented; ārtavat = like a person afflicted by a severe illness; duḥkham = piteously; gagana-āsakta-locanaḥ = with his eyes attached to the sky.
Sighing warmly with his eyes attached to the sky, the old King Daśaratha thus lamented piteously like a person afflicted by a severe illness.